Masteries

Offense:
22

Defense:
7

Utility:
1

Introduction

Hello, I wanted to make this guide to show you how to properly build a Jax, since I have met a good few terrible Jax players in my long life as Jax. In here you will find the best runes, skill sequence, items and reasoning for all the above.

Pros / Cons

Pro's:
+ high health
+ high damage
+ fun to play
+ a jump!
+ dodge
+ low cooldowns
+ did I mention the jump?!

Con's:
- easily trapped
- very easily outranged
- can be killed easily if not played correctly
- no organized team? BG

Runes

Runes

Greater Mark of Attack Damage9

Greater Seal of Evasion9

Greater Glyph of Cooldown Reduction9

Greater Quintessence of Ability Power3

If you are wondering why I am not going any armor- or magiv penetration, it is because Jax doesn't do well with either. He gains health from flat AD and AP. The more AD/AP you have the more health.

Greater Quintessence of Ability Power: I chose these because they give you the best to all 3 abilities. All of [Jax] abilities takes from Ability Power, and 2 from Attack Damage. This is why he is a hybrid. As an option, you could go with Greater Quintessence of Evasion, but you really want this early game AP as it gives you both damage on all your abilities and some health.

Masteries

Masteries

1/5

3/1

4/1

4/5

1/5

1/1

3/1

3/5

1/1

1/5

3/1

4/5

1/1

This is just going to be a list of the masteries and reasons why I chose them.

3/3 in Archmage's Savvy : I chose this because it gives him the most damage. Jax hits with AP every 3rd attack and on every ability.

You will back when you have 500 gold to buy yourself those lovely Ninja Tabi boots. They will boost your damage and your survivability with dodge chance and more movement speed (we like the movement speed!).

That's it for your core as Jax. Out from here, it is all situational. Need more armor/hp? Build an Atmog's build. Are they loaded up on them lovely squishy AP carries? build an Abyssal Scepter, Wit's End, even Force of Nature works wonders here.

Skill Sequence

The skill sequence is really easy.

Ability Sequence

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

Leap Strike is really just a way for Jax to reach their enemy after the base damage nerf. Empower does more damage at rank 3 than Leap Strike does at rank 5, so we finish Empower first. Counter Strike is a nobrainer. A passive that gives more dodge chance? Yes please. Regular ulti every level possible.

Summoner Spells

I find Flash to be a great utility for Jax. It gives him the chance to jump in, get a kill, then Flash back out. Only a few selected champions have that, and it is a special thing to care about.

Ignite is also a good spell. Killing Swain? No problem, you will live through his damage, Ignite him and he is pretty much over with.

There are of course some other optionable spells to choose from.

Ghost: Don't like the flash spell or are you simply not level 30 yet? Go level or get Ghost.

Exhaust: You can, but it's not really a good choice. VERY situational, other team full of AD carries? go Exhaust. (Aka, only for draft mode)

Terrible summoner spells with Jax: (Yes I have seen Jax with some of these mentioned below)

Clairvoyance: This is just a trollpick, seriously. (I have met a Jax with this once).

Summary

To sum it up. Jax is great, he's fun to play, he's just overall awesome.

If you want to contribute to the guide, help me make it better, come with suggestions. I will try it and if it works, I will either put it as recommended or as an option for Jax depending on how well it works.

Changelog

16.11.2011: Season 2 patch: Nothing new to Jax but the new talents, added them in.
09.12.2011: Fixed the skill sequence to be the best one.

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